About customizing toolbars

Microsoft Internet Explorer toolbars provide convenient shortcuts you can use to browse the Web, open the Internet Scrapbook, visit favorite pages, and more. You can customize Internet Explorer toolbars in many ways. For example, you can:

If a toolbar button or link does not fit in your display, Internet Explorer displays the More button More button. To use a button or link that does not fit in your display, click More, and then click the button or link you want.

Showing or hiding a toolbar

Expanding or collapsing the toolbars

Showing or hiding the Explorer Bar

Changing the color of the toolbars

Adding a link to the Favorites Bar

Adding a button to the Button Bar

Changing the style of the Button Bar

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Show or hide a toolbar

Expanding or collapsing the toolbars

Showing or hiding the Explorer Bar

Changing the style of the Button Bar

Showing or hiding ToolTips

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Show or hide the Explorer Bar

Showing or hiding a toolbar

Expanding or collapsing the toolbars

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Expand or collapse the toolbars

Showing or hiding a toolbar

Showing or hiding the Explorer Bar

Changing the style of the Button Bar

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Add a button to the Button Bar

  1. On the View menu, click Customize Toolbars.

    The Customize Toolbars page appears in the Explorer window.

  2. On the Customize Toolbars page, do one or more of the following:
  3. On the Customize Toolbars page, click Go Back.

Adding a link to the Favorites Bar

Adding or removing the Go button

Moving a button on the Button Bar

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Add or remove the Sherlock button

  1. On the View menu, click Customize Toolbars.

    The Customize Toolbars page appears in the Explorer window.

  2. Do one of the following:
  3. On the Customize Toolbars page, click Go Back.

Note The Sherlock button is available only if you are using Macintosh OS 8.5 or later and Apple Sherlock is installed in its default location, the Apple Menu Items folder on your hard disk.

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Move a button on the Button Bar

Adding a button to the Button Bar

Removing a button from the Button Bar

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Remove a button from the Button Bar

Moving a button on the Button Bar

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Change the color of the toolbars

Changing the style of the Button Bar

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Change the style of the Button Bar

  1. On the Edit menu, click Preferences.
  2. Under Web Browser, click Browser Display.
  3. On the Toolbar Style pop-up menu, click the style you want.

Tip To quickly change the toolbar style, hold down CONTROL, click the Button Bar, and then click the style you want on the contextual menu.

Expanding or collapsing the toolbars

Changing the color of the toolbars

Showing or hiding ToolTips

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Show or hide ToolTips

  1. On the Edit menu, click Preferences.
  2. Under Web Browser, click Browser Display.
  3. Select or clear the Show ToolTips check box.

Showing or hiding a toolbar

Changing the style of the Button Bar

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Add or remove the Go button

  1. On the View menu, click Customize Toolbars.

    The Customize Toolbars page appears in the Explorer window.

  2. Do one of the following:
  3. On the Customize Toolbars page, click Go Back.

Adding a button to the Button Bar

Removing a button from the Button Bar

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Add a link to the Favorites Bar

Showing or hiding a toolbar

Following a link on the Favorites Bar

Adding a button to the Button Bar

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Follow a link on the Favorites Bar


Tip If the link you want to follow does not appear on the Favorites Bar, click More More button, and then click the link you want.

Showing or hiding a toolbar

Adding a link to the Favorites Bar

Removing a link from the Favorites Bar

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Remove a link from the Favorites Bar


Tip If the link you want to delete does not appear on the Favorites Bar, click More More button, and then click Open Toolbar Favorites Window on the pop-up menu. In the Toolbar Favorites window, click the icon next to the link you want to delete, and then press DELETE.

Showing or hiding a toolbar

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